Lord March hosts circuit faithful on his front lawn

Just over a month after Goodwood was overrun with 180,000+ visitors at the Festival of Speed, owner Lord March opened up Goodwood House for the Goodwood Road Racing Club’s Open Day.

The 7 August event kicked off immediately after Goodwood’s Breakfast Club, which took place at the nearby race circuit.

GRRC members were invited to offer their cars for display on Lord March’s front lawn and some 25 were selected, for the third running of the annual get-together for members of the circuit's exclusive club.

And the line-up featured a healthy mix of exotica and rarities – along with a great juxtaposition, such as a 1964/5 Mercury Park Lane parked up next to a rally-prepared 1959 Porsche 356A (fresh from the Peking to Paris) and Peter Jerran’s 1978 Fiat 900L, a former Ferrari F1 team paddock transporter (below), lined up next to a 1971 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray.

Standouts included a magnificent 1914 Stanley 606 Steamer Roadster (below) – in which owner Mike Mutters’ does 2000 miles a year – and a 1955 Volkswagen-Beetle based Bugle buggy.

Other twin-cams included Andrew Wildblood’s Lotus-engined 1971 Ford Escort Twin-Cam and Alfa Romeo guru James Wheeler’s uprated (150bhp!) 1969 Giulia Super Biscione, which featured in C&SC's Alfafest in December last year.

Comments

june keeble

6 years ago

Just to mention a correction; 50 cars are chosen for the 'carriage circle' each year not 25; the club tries to have an interesting mix, not merely expensive. I've had cars selected twice for this, and Lord March treats the exhibitors (and one guest each) to a tasty 3 couse lunch in the ballroom!